doe anyone have a stat on how many DE/OLB wre signed as big free agents and actually lived up to the signing? it would be interesting, I already know of a couple that haven’t. can’t think of any that have.

inonewordraider says:
“since when can i guy choose where he get’s traded too?”

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That’s not the point. RM is trying to build a culture here, a culture the makes good players want to come here, culture that doesn’t reward loafers, one that rewards guys who strive.

By trading Boldin to a team like the Niners, they’ve rewarded a guy who’s been great and been a team player while still getting something for him in return and by dumping his salary.

Players take note of this kind of thing when becoming free agents, deciding among many suitors with whom to go. Down the road, when we DO have a core of good players, this kind of history of a team (not trading a good player to a dirtball team) can pay off when FAs think about what kind of an org. Oakland is.

If we were a player away from being challengers, then yeah, you hope for a guy like Boldin, but he isn’t going to make the difference.

I have no idea if he were to have been traded to us, if he’d have retired or come. I guess that would depend on how badly he still wanted to play NFL ball and how badly he still wanted an NFL paycheck, but you couldn’t blame him for wanting the team he just led to a Super Bowl win to trade him to another contender in his twilight years. Other players do take notice of such things.

interesting article on mitchell. He would be nice,if we didnt have branch in a big contract. him and branch are essentially the same. but you don’t want your safeties to be the same u want them to be different. at least one has to be good against the pass. right now i’m not sure we have any.

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NGRaiderfanTue, 12 Mar 2013 20:29:51 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders/?p=21175#comment-1271828805.RaidersAllday_LtsGeTit Says:
March 12th, 2013 at 1:26 pm
I think he means.. Reggie has no pressure to cut anyone yet… CUZ they dont need the money yet to go after guys in FA.. just gonna wait

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o fa sho that makes sense. don’t want to wait too long though. got to at least be talkig to ppl

if they were going to cut a player, wouldn’t they want to do it sooner then so they would get signed for more money and in turn there wuld be more cap relief for the raiders.

this statement was based on something i heard in the way of when a someone is cut and signed somewhere else, the number they were signed for is taken away from what the team that cut them owes to the player.